The Straits Times, 6 August 1952

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  • 332 1 U.S. leaflets warn X oreans to quit homes TOKYO, Tuesday. B-29 bombers have dropped leaflets on 78 North Korean cities and towns warning the people to leave their homes or risk death, the U.S. air force announced today. Every day the Americans broadcast warnings to
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  • 103 1 R.N. CRUISER HIT BY RED SHORE GUNS iOKYO, Tues. lINITED Nations naval v headquarters said today that the British cruiser Belfast was hit by a Communist shore battery in a duel with coastal guns near Chinnampo. Four Chinese working: in the mess compartment were injured by an exploding "6 m.m.
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  • 25 1 CAIRO, Tues.— The British Ambassador, Sir Ralph Stevenson called on the Egyp- tian Premier, Aly Maher Pasha, shortly before noon today.— A.P. I
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  • 15 1 A Malay Regiment soldier was wounded in a battle with terrorists in Kulim.
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  • 110 1 APOLOGY DEMAND ON MACAO HONG KONG, Tues. THE Chinese Communists have demanded that the Portuguese colony of Macao make a public apology for "starting border incidents," pay compensation for casualties and damage in last month's fighting, and bear •full responsibility for future incidents." The demands have been sent to Lisbon
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  • 59 1 JAKARTA, Tues. Two planters of Gunong Tjempaka Estates in Tjibeber about 30 miles north-east of Bandoeng, were murdered by an armed gang yesterday after* noon. They were. Mr. F. G. Ter Haar and Mr. J. H. Van Der Palm. Both were attacked and murdered when on their
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  • 53 1 GENOA. Tues.— A 17-year-old underwater fisherman stabbed a 200-lb shark with a hunting knife in an undersea battle here. As he was swimming after a smaller fish, he was bitten in th e left leg but managed to take a knife from his belt and stab the
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  • 60 1 PU3AN. Tues.— Some 50.000 voters were turned away from the polling booths today as unregistered In the election which will decide whether Dr Syngman Rhee will continue as President of South Korea. Officials of the Pusan district election committee said the names were omitted because
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  • 47 1 Only a few people witnessed the eclipse of the moon in Singapore early this morning. The eclipse started at 2.03 a.m. and reached its climax an hour later. The moon was three-qu?rters hidden. The eclipse was over a few minutes after 4 a.m.
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  • 50 1 WHEN THr; DUKE Or EDINBURGH visilea the Cjmp t Village at Helsinki he enjoyed a cafetaria meal with Commonwealth athletes. Picture shows the Duke serving himself. Behind the Duke are Lord Burghley (centre) and Mr. Arthur Porritt. chairman of the British Empire and Commonwealth Games Federation.
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  • 135 1 PROTEST TO GOVERNMENT TOKYO, Tuesday. A JAPANESE civil court -today sentenced two British sailors from the cruiser Belfast to two and a half years in gaol. They were charged with stealing 1,700 yen and a taxi. They were among the first foreign members of the
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  • 152 1 KUALA LLMPIK, Toes. f HE 1 10 th Gurkha Rifles, who have had marked success in the Kuantan area of Pahang in the past two months, is the first battalion of the security forces to kill 206 terrorists. They brought their total "bag"
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  • 31 1 CAPRI, Tues. Ex-King Farouk last night begged the manager of .the .sumptuous Capri hotel, in which he is staying, to organise a dance "because I am terribly bored."—Reuter.
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  • 37 1 HONG KONG, Tues.— Three hoid-up men halted a ricksha on crowded Hennessy Road on Hong Kong island on Aug. 4 and robbed its occupant. Wong Kwai, of HK$lB.OOO In cash and HK$2,OOO in cheques.— A.P.
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  • 25 1 LONDON, Tues. Britain has drafted a plan for a seven-nation high command to map the defence of the Middle East, officials said tonight.—A.P.
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  • 36 1 ZEIST, Holland, Tues.— A study conference on methods of educating youth for world citizenship has been opened here by Dr. Jaime Terres Bodot, director general of the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organisation.—Reuter
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  • 55 1 CANBERRA, Tues. The Australian Government, which Is about to launch a ereatly Intensified search for uranium, will use aircraft fitted with highly sensitive apparatus In thp search, Senator William H. Spooner. Minister for National Development, said today. He said aerial prospecting was 200 times faster than
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  • 49 1 CHICAGO. Tues. Light rain fell today in the southern areas of the United States, but it was little and too late to avert the disaster caused to farmers by the two-month old drought. The drought destroyed more than $500,000,000 worth of crops.— Reuter. i
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  • 52 1 PRETORIA, lacs. Eigh- i teen Deoole four Europeans and 14 Africans were kill- 1 ed in Pre:oria during the j weekend. One African was murder- i cd. an 18-month-old Euro- pean child died after boilins? water fell on her and the j others died in road accld- 1
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  • 97 1 58 held for defying race laws GRAHAMSTOWN. South Africa. Tues. rE arrest of 58 Africans in a street here, before dawn today was this community s I first incident In the defiance campaign by non-Europeans against the race laws. The men were arrested i because they were on the street
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  • 150 1 So the children 's rice is halved KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. /CHILDREN in Selangor are to go on half rice ration because terrorist food dumps are still being found in the State. The cut in the ration— from five katls a week to 2' 2 katis for children under 12 and
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  • 312 1 HOME GUARDS KILL BANDIT COMMISSAR Gang ambushed by ruse BALING, Tuesday. A $7,500-BANDIT, Sei Kong, and his bodyguard,; Slow Kong, were shot dead by Baling Home Guards yesterday evening, when a gang of six entered Kampong Charok Sena, about four miles from Baling. two otner oanalts are oelieved to have
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  • 53 1 TOKYO. Tues. General Mark Clark, United Nations Supreme Commander, conferred today with US Air Force Lt. Gen. W. E. Kepner, Commander of American forces in Alaska. Gen. Kepner arrived in Tokyo last night for what was described as "a series of conferences in the
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  • 46 1 KHARTOUM, Sudan, Tucs. —A protest strike by rail workers over the dismissal of several porters, cut train, ship and hotel services In The Sudan today. The rail union, which claims a membership of 20 000, is the biggest In the country.— AP.
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  • 73 1 —$35,000 cheque was a dud SINGAPORE police aacr c investigating the swindling of a Chinese bank in Singapore of $35,000 by a man who cashed a cheque bearing th P forged signatures of a businessman and the bank manager. The businessman has an j account with the
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  • 98 1 Family shot dead in tent PARIS. Tues. A MAN and woman and A a 12-year-old girl, all I British, were found murIdered by a roadside tent I near the tiny mountain j hamlet of Lurs, 55 miles I east of Avignon, early today. The victims were identified as Professor Sir
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  • 71 1 Mr. Eden, Foreign Secretary, summoned Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Shunichi Matsumoto, last night and made strongest representations against Japanese civil court's sentence of two and a half years' imprisonment on two British sailors. Reuter. (See this page). th^ head. Her body was found in a ditch Farmers in the neighbourhood
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  • 42 1 IKE OPENS CAMPAIGN Eisenhower opens his campaign for the American presidency today. He plans to fly to Los Angeles to address the annual conference of Veterans of Foreign Wars— his first major address since he was nominated by the Republican convention.— A.P.
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  • 208 2 ROME, Tuesday. THE FOOD situation in Asia is so serious that I the United Nations Food and Agricultural' Organisation is calling an international conference to discuss it. The F.A.O. announced this at the end of a long review of "the grave rice shortage
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  • 42 2 VANCOVER, Tues.— Emma I Achtychicbuk. 21-year-old j University student who wasj unconscious for 93 days after a car accident, was returned to her home here from a US. clinic conscious and able to speak. She still cannot walk. -AJ>. J
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  • 113 2 2 KILLED, 2 HURT IN AIR FIGHT WASHINGTON, Tues. rnHE U.S. Navy said yesterI- day that one of its patrol planes fought off two Russian-type MIG jet fighters over the Yellow Sea on Thursday and returned to its base in Korea. Two of its crew were killed and two wounded
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  • 44 2 LO3 ANGELES, Tues. Maureen CHara was granted a d vorce from film director Will Price yesterday. Miss O'Hara testified that she had made a property settlement under which Mr. Price will pay ncr on e dollar annually token alimony. AJ\
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  • 105 2 JOHANNESBURG, Tues. A CHARGE of holding tj public meeting in a j scheduled area without permission against seven nonEuropeans was withdrawn yesterday when the case came again before the magistrate's court at Verenniging, 30 miles from Johannesburg. The seven, who included Mr. Yusuf A. Cachalia, secre- tary of
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  • 325 3 COUNCIL MAY BE EXPANDED Ministers to meet yearly HONOLULU, Tuesday. JHE FOREIGN MINISTERS of Australia, New Zealand and the United States countries participating in the Anzus security treaty are to meet once a year. Their deputies will keep in continuous consultation by special meetings, arranged as
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  • 36 3 u*U.i> KLIiSKLA, lb-y ar-old Finnish schoolgirl, who won the Miss Universe contest in California, photographed at London Airport. In her handbag was a film contract and letters proposing marriage from wealthy Americans.
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  • 40 3 VIENNA, Tuas.— One railwayman was killed and nine passengers injured when the Vienna to Paris express train was derailed about 28 miles from Vienna this afternoon. The engine and several coaches went off the tracks. Reuter
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  • 25 3 BAYREUTH, Tues. The Aga Khan, who was due today for the Wagner Musical Festival, has cancelled his visit for health reasons. Reuter.
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  • 125 3 TOKYO, Tues. JAPANESE war criminals in Sugamo Prison today com- f plained they had more hope j I for freedom when allied oc- cupation authorities held I them than they have now under the Japanese government. Nine representatives of the 922 war criminals were permitted
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  • 57 3 Eva Peron city' BUENOS AIRES. Tues. A BILL to rename La Plata, capital of Buenos Aires province, as 'Eva Peron" has been entered in the Argentine National Congress by the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Senor Hector J. Campora. If Congress passes the bill it will be sent to
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  • 43 3 i PERTH. Tues.-The British aircraft carrier Campania, believed carrying Britain's first atomic weapon left Fremantle for the lonely Montebello islands today Britain's first atomic explosion tests are expected early next month. Eleven ships are known to be engaeed Reuter-AAP
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  • 77 3 TEHERAN. Tues THE Shah and the Prime Minister. Mohamed Mossadeq, tonight congratulated th 8 Persian people on the 47th anniversary of Persia's con t'tution. I:i Broadcasts over Teheran rad:o they urged the people to safeguard their unity. Tils people were also congratulated on Iran's victor;
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  • 24 3 t Ij3SE. Tues. Three peoT:e were injured when unKnrv.n men fired several shot rt customers in a cafe la 'it —Reuter.
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  • 25 3 TOKYO. Tues— A thousand Communist MIG-15 jets have been destroyed, probably destroyed or damaged since the beginning of the Korean war. Reuter.
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  • 28 3 OTTAWA, Tues— Five members of a family were killed in a level crossing accident near Pembroke. One member survived but is in a serious condition. Reuter.
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  • 147 3 -r^-, ANNAPOLIS, Tuesday. VICE-ADMIRAL C. Turner Joy, veteran of Pacific S7t£ g tln l and ne Korean peace talks, became 37th Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy yesterday. i After beinp installed as Superintendent, Vice Admiral Joy said the Korean conflict was "one
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  • 137 3 TOKYO,, Tuesday. A FLURRY of protests went up today over Prime x Minister Shigeru Yoshida's first public acknowledgement yesterday that Japan's national police reserve is "the cornerstone of a new Japanese army.'' j Mr. Yoshida made ,he statement while addressing leading officers and officials of
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  • 34 3 KHARTOUM, Tues. Mall and steamer communications in the Sudan have been halted by a three-day strike. Sudan railway workers struck yesterday in protest against punishments passed on some of them. Reuter.
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  • 61 3 NEW YORK, Toes. PINCE Aly Khan arrived here today in the Queen Elizabeth to see his wife, Rita Hayworth, and their infant daughter, Yasmine, in Hollywood. Rita's divorce suit against Aly is still pending in Reno. Asked about a report that he made a cash
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  • 300 3 1 LONDON, Tues. A BSENTEEISM and end of account influences had a marked effect on today's Stock Markets by reducing active interest to a very low level. But despite this, the tone was very firm for domestic issues. Firmer gilt edged Issues Imparted a cheerful tone to industrials
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  • 26 3 LONDON. Aug. s.— Cash Buyers £940}; Sellers £941}; Forward Buyers £941}; Sellers £942; Settlement £943 (down £13). Turnover: a.m. 155 tons; p.m. 110.
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  • 32 3 LONDON, Aug. 5. Spot 26d Sept. 26d., Oct.-Dec. 25Vid.. JanMar. 24 1 .d., April-June 23 l id., Aug c.l.f. 25» 4 d., Sept. c.i.f. 25d., Oct. c.i.f. 25d. Market: Quiet.
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  • 21 3 LONDON. Tues.— Sir Godfrey Collins, former chief secretary to the Government of Bombay, has died, aged 63.— Reuter.
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  • 18 3 MIAMI, Tues.— An airliner crashed at Miami last night killing the pilot and three others.— Reuter.
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  • 100 3 BONN, Tues. ltfß. Walter J. Donnelly, ■"*new United States High Commissioner, yesterday Indicated the western powers would reject the latest Soviet request to allow We»t Germany to send strategic goods to East Germans. "We cannot and will not permit strategic materials needed in our
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    64 3 M»SS MARIGOLD SHERWOOD, of Kensington, undergoing reaction tests at the exhibition organised by the West London Road Safety Committee and held at Charing Cross underground station bst week The cycle "hazards" are record ed on the screen. At left is Police Constable C. Dickenson creating traffic situations on the screen.
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  • 333 4 Breach of trust charge was 'a fix/ he tells Judge KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A CLERK told the Chief Justice, Mr. Justict Mathew. in Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court today that because of an article he wrote in a Federation newspaper a "powerful clique of prominent citizens"
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  • 90 4 Classes for Johore villagers JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. rO FARMERS from each village in Johore will attend the six-day educational classes in Johore Bahru which start on Monday. They will teach their fellow villagers on their return. Dato Abdul Kadir. Mentri Besar, Johore. the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and other senior
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  • 28 4 SEREMBAN. Tues. Mr. J H Morton of Prang Besai Estate Kajang. is the new manager of Kemayan Estate Pahang, in place of Mr. D. E Lander.
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  • 55 4 They' ll debate a 'menace TPOH, Tues.— "Newspapers a re a menace to society" will x be the subject of a debn te between the Wesley M.Y.F. and the Tamil M.Y.F. tomorrow at the Anglo-Chinesu School hall, Ipoh. The debate is being held under the auspices of the Methodist Youth
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  • 97 4 PENANG, Tues. A CARPENTER, Yam Wan, told the Baling Coroner's court today how a gunman opened fire on a mahjong party In a village coffeeshop at Kampong Lalang, Baling. Yam was testifying at an inquest into the death of Lee Ah Teik, 44, and Ho San,
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  • 24 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Mr. T. E. Clampitt, Inspector and Registrar of vehicles, Johore, leaves Johore Bahru tomorrow for Kuala Lumpur on transfer.
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  • 63 4 MISS MAIiBEEN CLARKE, president of the V W.C.A. Sports Club (left) welcomes Mrs. Helen Tan, general secretary of the Singapore Y.W.C.A., at Raffles Hotel last night at a farewell dance given by the association for Mrs. Tan. She will leave in the Carthage tomorrow for
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  • 30 4 Office-bearers of the Seletar Tamil Association are: President, Mr. P. Karuppiah; secretary, Mr. K. Suppiah; asst. secretary, Mr. M. Karthigesu: committee, Mr. P. Ramakrishnan. and Mr. A. Kotandaivelu.
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  • 168 4 QUERIES ON PENSION FUND MR. H. J. C. KULASINGHA, (Prog., Bukit Timah), will table four questions at the Legislative Council meeting this month. In two questions relating to Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund he will ask whether any cost of living allowance is paid
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  • 152 4 PENANG. Tues. rpURKE "100 characters" X bookmakers. Moey Yoke. Kheng. Loh Fook Thin and Ng Soon Cheng were fined a total of 56.000 today when they pleaded guilty to a charge of assisting in the management of a common j betting house on Aug
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  • 57 4 R A U B. Tues.— An old woman, Loo Soo, was sentenced to 10 days' simple imprisonment by the Circuit Magistrate, West Pahang, at Temerloh for assaulting a Malay woman searcher at the Mentakab-Karak road gate. Loo Soo struck the searcher with her shoes when she
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  • 162 4 BONUS PLAN TO GET THE HOUSES UP KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. rIE Federation Government today announced that it will pay an "incentive bonus to a bu'lding expert who can achieve results for the Housing Trust of the Federation. This is one of the few occasions the Government has made an offer
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  • 157 4 rREE plots of land, belonging to two Hindu temples in Singapore, are to be let on a 99-year building lease for the construction of residences or shophouses. The plots of land, situated in Serangoon Road. Clive Street and Campbell Lane, and in Lorong 3,
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  • 101 4 PENANG. Tues. The penang Rural Board will consider shortly the Implementation of the new villages council Bill passed &y the Federal Legislative Council last month. "We will have to nnd out nrst whether the Bill can be apptied to Penamg" Mr. P. R. Lewis, Collector of
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  • 48 4 TELUK ANSON, Tues. More than 100 children from 'he new villages in the Lower Ferak Districts escorted by Mr. Albert Abel, visited the Lee Rubber Factory, the Perak Match Factory and the Government Rice Mill at Teluk Anson on an educational visit on Saturday.
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  • 37 4 15 people beat up one man PENANG, Tues. Fifteen people set upon an alleged 100 characters" bookmaker in Carnavcu Street today and beat him up. The victim received a minor stab wound and was treated in hospital.
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  • 312 4 STORE ROTARY CLIB: Weekly lunch meeting at Capitol Blue Room 1 p.m. Speaker: Commissioner John S. B.adin of the Salvation Army SPORE TRADE BRITISH RADIO EXHIBITIONS at Happy World from 6 p.m. ta midnight SPORE ARTS itffcATRE: Play readIn* and speech recordings from famous play« by leading
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  • 205 4 4 BUS conductor employed by the S.T.C. was yesterday sentenced in the Second District Court to six months' imprisonment for allegedly issuing an used 20-cent. ticket to a passenger on May 28 for a trip between Jalan Besar and Outram Road. Mr. E. P.
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  • 55 4 PENANG, Tues.— Yeoh Hoe Peng, manager of the Mount Ersklne Poultry Farm, appeared in court today on charges of working a grinding machine without a certificate of fitness and failing to report an accident in which an employee, Lim Mong Am, was injured. Yeoh pleaded
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  • 38 4 Walter Ounretnam, alias P. S. Nathan, was yesterday sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment by the Singapore Fourth Magistrate, Mr. E. H. D'Netto, for cheating Ong Say Kow, the proprietor of a tyre shop, of $15.'
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  • 272 5 Singapore problems— i an j an «i price gINGAPORE Government's squatter resettlement scheme at McPherson Road is part of a big Improvement Trust plan to build thousands of cheaper homes, as quickly as possible, and ease the housing shortage. Chairman of the
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    54 5 MR. GOH CHEW SIONG, who has served 25 years with Kodak (Malaya) Limited, receives a long service medal from Mr. L. R. Wales, Assistant Manager of Kodaks. Mr. Goh also received a writing set from the management and staff. The presentations were made at a tea party at Robinson Cafe,
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  • 36 5 MAJOR MOHD. TAIB. 40, who was promoted recently, is the fifth Malay Major in the Malay Regiment. He joined the Regiment when it was formed in March. 1933.— Malay Regiment P.R. picture.
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  • 163 5 Work starts to salvage the Sirdhana r/E deep-sea divers will begin preliminary work on salvaging the sunken wreck of the 7,700-ton liner Sirdhana, this morning. Their first job is to cut a hole in No. 1 hold and get the cargo out Much of the cargo is believed to be
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  • 94 5 RAUB, Tu*s.— Jamaludin bin Mohamed who admitted to entering th e house of a Chinese couple to peep at I them was bound over to be of good behaviour in the sum of $500 in two sureties for two years. He pleaded guilty to a charge
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  • 57 5 KLUANG, Tues— Sidek bin Sa'eon. Lim Sui Way and Quek Fong were each fined $50 or 10 days' imprisonment and their licences suspended for one year for using their cars as taxis. On the second charge of having no third party risks, they were
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  • 169 5 A 13- YEAR-OLD boy, Lok Eng Bok, who was riding on the crossbar of a bicycle was flung oft* and killed when it ran headlong into a lorry. At the end of the inquest yesterday, the Singapore Coroner. Mr. Choor Singh, Issued a warrant
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  • 99 5 Villagers halve cost of vegetables SEREMBAN, Tues. TNHABITANTS of the new village of Mahsan, near Bahau in. Negri Sembilan, have halved the price of vegetables in the area Daily, they send nin c piculs of vegetables into Bahau from the 240 acres of land allotted to them for garden produce.
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  • 31 5 MUAR, Tues. Another 19 Chinese recruits from Muar for the Federation Police Force— in addition to a previous batch of 23— have left for Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 29 5 TANJONG MALIM Tues.— Mrs Emily Balasingam. District Guide Commissioner. South Perak. is leaving Per. iiv. in th e Carthage on Friday for a short holiday In Ceylon.
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  • 113 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 10 a.m. News; 10.05 Composer of the Week; 10.30 Time to Dance; 11-11.30 London Studio concerts; 1 p.m. Paul Carson organ); 1.30 >lews; 1.45 Lunchtame Prom; 6.15 "Who Wants to be an Athlete?"; 6.40 Radio String Ensemble; 6.55 Announcements: 7.00 News: 7.15 This Is Communism; 7.25 Interlude;
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  • 203 5 S.t James; B.A.T-; Malayan RrfriItraUb* Co Trafalgar St.: Anton Kd.. baro St.; Raman St.: People's Park; Nantoa Rd.; Lam Soon Oil Mtrat; Gaan Bin: I.E. Network: It. Factory; River Valley Rd.; iKilMnrv Rd.; Orchard Rd.; NAAFI: Armenian St. Static; Adrlphi: Capitol; Newton 1 and 2; Chancery Lane; Wayani
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  • 34 5 The Singapore City Council [President Mr.- T. P. F Mc|Neice, will make public statei,ments on, the black-outs over fche blue network of Radio I Malaya at 7.J5 pjn. tomorrow i and Friday.
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  • 343 5 FORMER POLICEMAN SAYS— TIM TENG SIA, asked by Mr. E. M. Tampoe- Phillips, a defence counsel, in a Singapore court yesterday, why he had been detained on St. John's Island for 16 months by the police, said: "I was the chief of a secret
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  • 74 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. T<HE Central Malaya Chi- nese Dentists' Association decided to ask the MCA today for $50,000 to start a mobile dental clinic for new villages in Selan«ror. The mobile clinic is part of the association's plan to girt free treatment in
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  • 37 5 RAUB, Tues.— Two soldiers of the King's African Rifles, Cherriyot and Kip Kempoy, appeared in the Sessions Court, Temerloh, on a charge of robbing Sui Keh of $30 at Triang. The case was postponed. ii
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    • 195 5 MS 1~~""1 8.0.A.C. PRESENTS THI J% World's First Jetliner NOW IN SERVICE BETWEEN LOMOON AND JOHANNESBURG The age of jet travel v hen With the first pure jet airliner tervice in history, 8.0.A.C makes good an inspired bid for global leadership in air transportation. The Comet is a J6- passenger
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    • 287 5 78th ANNIVERSARY SALEgI*. KAYSER f\ GUINEES Jl J DUPONT /iP J? NYLONS 4 I /Ak; REDUCED Siif DRASTICALLY .JfT CLEAR Jf sizes 84, USUAL PRICE 94. 10 in h $3.90 a pair W attractive N O IV A <^r colours. /juF $2*50 a p air Of* /J fff C/> a
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  • 43 6 MHS. I.IMKEONGLEANG inee Choog Slew Ki<r»>. wife of the or, Singer Sewing Machine Co., Kuala Lumpur expired at her residence 201 A Bukit Blntang Road, Kunla Lumpur, at 6 p.m. on Monday. 4th August 1952. Funeral on tth August at 2 p.m.
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  • 49 6 ANNOUNC EMENT FOR «rur*bl? clothes with style iiab> prices. Madeline's Bho.v-rnom, 278. Orchard Road. TOMM\ THOMSON Is r howiieel in Singapore for designing to ■nil the client's needs in style »s v.p!1 as material. Hrr motto is omltty at prices within the ruwe of .every purse: G.H. BidsRoac Singapore.
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  • 38 6 SINGAPORE Arts Theitre prv MBt| This Was A Woman at 'he Victoria Theatre on TueiJty «na Wednesday, the 19".'n tir.d 20th August, at 9 p.m. Book your sea s ($5. U and SI) early at Room son's
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  • 419 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Aug. 6, 1952. Houses For Squatters Welcome as is the announceJ ment that the Singapore Government has prepared a scheme for the resettlement of dehoused squatters, it would have been even more satisfying had it contained an indication that there is to be collaboration with
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  • 303 6 If the ncrod^e in the world's rice pi-eduction sir.eo thr w.thad been in proportion to what has b»^n W^ and 1 1 written on the subject there would today be less need for UNO's Food and Agricultural Organisation to call yet another international conference to discuss the
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  • 391 6 Tottering Throne Of Iran There is nothing in what has happened during the past week to suggest that Iran's drift towards anarchy has been halted or to remove the impression that it is only a matter of time, and a short time at that, before Shah Muhammad Riza follows King
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  • 714 6 THE DETAINEES' ADVISORY COMMITTEE (From Mr. Justice Brown) AS chairman of the AdA visory Committee, 1 welcome the opportunity afforded by "A Lawyer's'! letter in your issue of August 2 ("Detainees' i Advisory Committee 'No- thing Short of a Farce' to explain the machinery Ud ourposes of the Ad-, s
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  • 151 6 SCENE: The junction of Bencoolen Street and Bras Basah Road, Singapore. DATE: Aug. 3. TIME: 4.20 pjn. TKAFFJC LIGHTS: Red against Bencoolen Street traffic. ENTtll: One of Singa.DOir'.'; plush radio cars no signals, no siren from Bencoo'en Street (i.e. from the Stamford Road end). It turns
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  • 469 6 Fines under the Penal Code THOUGH the Financial De1 partnients and the hunters of Government revenue never sp*are their intellects in devising such forms of taxes and levies as will add to the existing forms of revenue, to meet the rising expenditure, I am inclined to think that no serious
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    • 330 6 T CANNOT allow your report headed "Training of 1 Artisans", in pasje 7 of Monday's issue of the Straits Times, to pass without a word of correction. In my address at the luncheon meeting of the Federation of Malaya Society of Architects I did not say that the
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  • 464 6 LONDON. TILWELL Park, the Bey Scouts Association', training and holiday centre on the fringe of lovely Epping Forest, is one of England's beauty spots. For a week 13 Malayans, including one woman, have been living a most enjoyablr existence here, sleeping intents and cooking their food
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  • 406 6 Jim Jams ONCii in a while it may be permissible to refer briefly in this half-column to the Straius Times of a long time ago, as well as to the life which that paper reflected. "Jim Jams" speaks to us, in verse, from half a century ago.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 680 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. TO SMUE wife of Ralph Mortdor mt K.K. HospiUl on Aug. 2, a daughter. Sraanot Ruth. Bo'i\ well. BURNS: At Bungsar Hosplf .1 Kuala Lumpur, on 5th August 1052. to Pegity (nee Mowbrav Thomas) m-jfe of O R. Burns, a ENGAGEMENT was announced on the 3rd ia->t.. between
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    • 62 6 GARRARD AUTOMATIC CHM6ER. j M«4cJ MC. 72A Automatically plays both Long-playing (33 1/3 rpm» aad Standard (78 rpm) records. I Fitted with specially built -M»*»««le- PiekHV ab- •olutely Troubte-Pi«e I Complet? with TABLE CABINET, with space on top for Radio Set <«s illustrated). $200.»« < or I PORTABLE CABINET S180.M
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    • 122 6 i^ ,r~ «^v jyn LAMPS OSRAM on an electric lamp it more than a trade marli. It signifies the produce of the best method! Of electric lamp manufacture, is the Hall Mark of quality and the guarantee of a unique lamp service. OSRAM. In a word, is the epitome of
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  • 248 7 Best way to make prices K table, Govt. i to be told THE Singapore Government's select committee on rice, appointed in February, is expected to urge a subsidy on rice as the best way to stabilise the prices of essential commodities. The only
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  • 174 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. SECURITY FORCES have killed 14 terrorists in the first four days of this month. Five of them were killed yesterday. The I 10th Gurkha Rifles killed two terrorists in the Kuan tan area of Pa hang and captured his rifle. Another
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  • 161 7 rpHIS YEAR'S Singapore trade fair, which is com- <■- bined for the first time with the British radio exhibition; at the Happy World is proving a great success. For the first four nights j up to Monday, 115.144 people had seen the trade fair—
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  • 213 7 MAN WHO KILLED LONG PIN GETS M.C. CAPT. K. H. MORGAN, of the Ist Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment, who shot dead the notorious terrorist regimental commander. Long Pin, who had a $35,000 reward on his head, has been awarded the Military Cross. Lt. Girmansing Thapa, of the 1 6 Gurkha
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  • 57 7 Bahura Topez, a ship sweeper, accused of using as I genuine three forged $10 Malayan currency notes, was acquitted and discharged at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. The jury unanimously apmed he was not guilty. Bahura was alleged to have ured the currency notes M genuine at the
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  • 156 7 .b.Kllll. MTKKMI-. COURT JUDGE of the United States, and the youngest to be appointed for 100 years, Mr. William O. Douglas, who is also a travel book author, arrivaj in Singapore yesterday to gather material for another book. A self-made man, who has tried nearly
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  • 79 7 I The Automobile Association I !of Maiay a will write to the Commissioner of Potice urging the appointment of a deputy commissioner for traffic because of the increase In traffic and the number oi fata] accidents This was a resolution adopted at a meeting of
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  • 73 7 Chan How, a foreman, slipped when climbing a steep ladder and fell 50 feet down into a hatch aboard the Javanese Prince on June 21, the Singapore Assistant Coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hing, was told yesterday. He died two hours later from multiple injuries. Inspector M.
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  • 71 7 TAIPING. Tues.— To mark the first centenary of the arrival in Malaya of the Christian Brothers, old La--salians heCd a reunion dinner here at the St. George's School Hatl. The Very Rev. Brother Lawrence OToole, Asst. General of Christian 3rother Schools, Bro. Barni•us, Visitor. Far East, Brig. *L
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  • 63 7 P.R. office to move soon The Public Relation Office. Singapore, will shortly move i from the Colonial Secretary's I Office In Empress Place, to the Public Works Department bv"<Mn« In High Street. Vr. George G. Thomson. Public Relations Secretary, leaves tomorrow by the Carjthage for leave in Britain His successor
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  • 165 7 52 RAISED HANDS OF GUILT FIFTY -TWO people, each j with a copy cf a court summons in his hands, lined up In two rows in the Slnga- pore City Police Court dock yesterday, and pleaded guilty all together. It happened thus: Looking through the charge sheet, Mr. K. J.
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  • 126 7 Mr. A W. Bellamy. Singapore District Judje, yesterday gave judgment in favour of Madam Lee Yoke Chan and her brother, Lee Sun Yew, who had been served with notice to quit by the Singapore Improvement Trust on Oct 18. 1951. He agreed with the defence counsel.
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  • 46 7 JOHCRt BAHRU. Tues Mr. J D. Hcdgkinson, Jrhore's new British Adviser, has arrived in Johore Bahru from Kua:a Lumpur, accompanied by Mrs. Hodgkinsoi. On Monday he attencted a luncheon party given by the Regent of Jo u n-f> at the IstaM Stulang Laut.
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  • 105 7 He flew on supply drops for 7 years KUALA LtMFUB, Tu-s. ONE of the four Royal Army Service Corps air desp^tchcrs who were killed whfn a supply dropping RAF. Valrtta crashed in the hills north of Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, had been flying on supply drops for seven years H»
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  • 196 7 NAUTICAL SCHOOL OPENS FOR 3 MEN SINGAPORE'S naat i c a I school to train engineers for the mercantile marine, re-opened yesterday, at the Marine Hostel, with Lt. Commander D. StewartCharles as acting principal. Only three men, two of whom work ior local shipping companies, are taking the three-months' course,
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  • 85 7 BUTTERWORTH. Tues It is not an offence under rural board by-laws to abandon unwanted kittens and puppies in public places. This was stated in a writ- j ten answer to Mr. Chan Ewe Pin (Chinese unofficial) at a meeting of the Province Wellesley Rural Board
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  • 35 7 A full mocn day Buddhist religious service in me-nory of the late Mr. A. W. Fernando, retired station master. Kuala Lumpur, was held yesterday at the Sri Lanka Ramaya Temple. St. Michael's Road. Singapore.
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  • 54 7 THE Governor of Singapore. Mr. J. F. Nicoll, i has been invited to fly in the BOAC Comet jet air- liner in a demonstration flight on Aug. 18. About 60 other V.I.Ps have also been invited to fly over Singapore island j in two flights
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  • 34 7 Mr. Tan Thoon Lip, Registrar, Singapore High Court, has left for Hong Kong on three weeks' holiday. Mr. H. A. Porrer, Third Criminal District Judge, Is acting f or Mr. Tan.
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  • 124 7 ALOR STAR, Tues. rE REPRESENTATIVE of the Government of India, i Mr. M. Gopala Menon, today '-rpocf 80.000 Tndlara 1r K>:i:>h to take up State nationality. "If they wish to enjoy equal rights with other Malayans, they must be loyal, and faith- ful to this
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  • 75 7 The market at Rayman Estate, off Balestier Road, built by the Singapore City Council for $235,000, will be opened in six weeks time the City Architect and Build- i ing Surveyor. Mr W. I. Watson said yesterday It will rep. ace the shelters built by hawkers
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  • 36 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Hussain bin Mohamed, a Special Constable. found sleeping whfn on duty, was sentenced to seven days' im- prisonment by the Police I Court. He told the court that he felt giddy.
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  • 44 7 31,600 see T V show in S'pore In four nights 31,600 people paid $15,800 to see the television show at the Happy world Stadium, Singapore. Mr. P. Humphries, chairman of the British Radio Exhibition Committee, said that th e show, including advertising, cost $95,000.
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  • 77 7 New planes for Borneo service TWO Malayan Airways pilots will be flying to Britain soon to .bring out a singleengined de Havilland Rapide aircraft for the internal Borneo air service. The two. pilots, Capt. T. Robertson and Capt. Norman Padgett, will leave as soon as the aircraft is ready to
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  • 220 7 PENANG. Tues. DROFESSOR F. HEAF, Adviser on Tuberculosis to the Colonial Office and the Health Ministry, will visit Malaya this week to advise on TB problems in this country. He will spend about a fortnight in the Federation and ten days in Singapore. Prof.
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  • 36 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. L!oi Wah Seng, a motorist, was fined $80 In the Police Court today for failing to sta*) after knocking down a cyclist. He was also fined $50 for inconsiderate driving.
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  • 39 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Cneang Ying, a woman, was allowed bail in $50 pending trial on a charge of creeping under the perimeter fence at Tong Hln Estate. Masai, instead of entering by the existing entry point.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 218 7 HYGEIA DISSOLVENATOR MODERN SANITATION A NEW AND MORE ATTRACTIVE MODEL COMPLETE INSTALLATION Installed' In Your Home For $400/including one Drum of Dissolvent. i lnclusive of all chargetl CUMINATE NAUSEOUS CLOSET PANS WITH THEIR DISCOMFORTS AND DANCERS PROVIDES THE SAME COMFORT AND SAFETY AS A SEPTIC TANK *~kliN.; CONTINUOUSLY WITHOUT EMPTYINC
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    • 103 7 r^J COCKTAIL PARTI2SS ]u\r DELICIOUS AND NUTRITIOUS /fj SUN -PAT Salted Cashew Nuts 8 oz. $1.95 Peanuts $1.20 Almonds $2.20 Mixed Nuts $1.65 TOASTED TO A BCUIM CRSSPNESS Packed in sealed airtight tins. PLANTERS Cocktail Peanuts 8 oz. $1.75 4 oz. $1.00 Pac'. c-d in sta.td airtight tins. SHARWOODS Salted
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  • 287 8 INOCULATION MAY BE MADE COMPULSORY, HE WARNS Diphtheria deaths worry Dr. Canton J)R. N. A. CANTON, Singapore City Health! Officer, told the Straits Times yesterday: "If parents do not take heed of our warnings and have their small children inoculated against diphtheria, we shall seriously have to consider making inoculation
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  • 70 8 Casting, vote used to accept gift KI'ALA LIPIS, Tues. THERE was strong opposition to the acceptance of the Malayan Chinese Association's offer of $500,000 to the Malay community, when the Kuala Pilah branch of the United Malays National Organisation debated the matter yesterday. The chairman had to use his casting
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  • 44 8 An Indian labourer was slightly injured in a fight with four other iabourers at the Pasir Panjang power station in Singapore yesterday. The fight followed a quarrel. The Indian was treated for minor wounds at the General Hospital.
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  • 217 8 2 ROBBERIES IN ONE STREET WHERE WERE two robberies early yesterday, both x in Tras Street, Singapore. The wife of the owner of a provision shop was robbed of $1,275 worth of jewellery and other articles by two masked and armed Chinese. I The men
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  • 44 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Inche Ithnin bin Haji Mar'uf, of the Public Trustee's Office, Johore Bahru. has become secretary of the Co-Operative Thrift and Loan Society. Johore Bahru, succeeding S>ed Ismail bin Talib, who has gone to Segamat on transfer as sub-treasurer Segamat.
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  • 51 8 rE proposal to build a multi-million dollar Chinese university in Malaya has been abandoned because of lack of support. Singapore Chinese leaders said yesterday. The proposal was first made last year by Mr. Tan Lark Sye, when he was president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of
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  • 63 8 By A Special Correspondent KIRKBY. Tuesday. THE ONLY other Federation flag in Britain, apart from the one that flies above Malaya House in London was hoisted on Aug. 1 on the roof of the administration block of Kirkby College, where Federation student teachers are being trained.
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  • 51 8 THE COMMISSIONER GENERAL, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, says a few words for Radio Saigon after he arrived at .Saigon airfield to begin a brief visit to Indo-China. On the left is M. Jean Letourneau. the French Minister, and behind is M. Nguyen Van Tarn, Premier of
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  • 49 8 IPOH, Tues.— Two dogowners. Anthony and Leong Sing, whose dogs bit a man and a goat respectively, were today each fined $100 by Inche Arshad bin Ismail the Ipoh Magistrate, under the Anti-rabies Regulations. Leong Sing's dog bit a goat which. later died of rabies.
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  • 144 8 'Key man' chosen to design University A LEADING British architect, has been appointed the key man in the tasK of designing the new University of Malaya in Johore, Dr. D. W. O. Faris, the acting Vice-Chancellor, told the Straits Times yesterday. This appointment was made after the University had decided
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  • 77 8 Commissioner John S. Bladin, of the International Salvation Army, who is now In Singapore after visiting Penang, ipoh and Kuala Lumpur will give a talk at the Rotary Club today. Commissioner Bladin, who is on a world tour of Salvation Army outposts will give a Bible
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  • 126 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday SPEAKING at the general meeting of Rawang Tin Fields Ltd. today, Mr. W. M. Warren, the chairman, mentioned the improved results in the fight ag T a^.f^ m >!i n^ beanb c an dltr y the Federation. some encouragement to al those
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  • 61 8 IPOH. Tues. Two new doctors from India have joined the under staffed Perak Medical Service and two more are expected within the next few weeks. The new doctors are Dr. A. N. Tarafdan, who has taken over duties as Health Officer, Kinta, and Dr. A. X
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 124 8 "THE AGE affirms leading oversea opinion when it says: "Probably Citroen's most outstanding feature is the manner in which it negotiates corners. x^^Of^N. Short of outright sports cars, Citroen surpasses S^^^^MsfO^^ anything we have encountered for cornering under I if Tfif^Sj perfect control. \v s*&P jT&7^^ =:T "ARGUS" affirms leading
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    • 175 8 H^UUAT^'illlJL yy U JUST 1 f^tf '/rfr SOLD W ALL I out vHflr/smrut/u rffy /r. wohxxful. |of the sroites ih I is rr 3QOO y II ctf^mg #qe j jtw^pf do \a SXEEn tw my I Throughout Malaya MILO is known otB?^ '7/ v a valuable health giving drink. I
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 354 8 The Straits Times Crossword 1' LJ 2 J3J 3 P4IJJJiXBID'P 4 1 J JJiXBID 7 I 1 I ppl I 9 i -iHlM_i_i j_i .iL _i_ZLi ie n n IjIMIIJIIIB iriiito Z^:!r i jrf°i iT j~ II Z IF 4 Z Z_5"Z Z II JljILL _-ILJ_ 1 rc^* ''111 .»CKoss
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    • 28 9 A Dutch Doll To Dress YOU u:ill enjoy dressing 1 this little Dutch girl, Back her with cardboard, then colour and cut out her dress, hat and basket.
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    • 198 9 IJERE is another Quiz. The questions are varied, which means that all of you should be able to answer at least one. I expect that most of you will know the lot. 1. a. Who married the maiden all forlorn? b. Who killed Cock Robin? c.
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    • 283 9 THESE two games are very gcod fun and will also test r.nd improve your memory. The first is a question of testing your friend's memory. but he can have his turn later. You select twenty everyday objects, such as chopsticks, spoons, rice-bowls, pens, paper and anything else you
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    • 40 9 Owing to a misunderstanding, the winners of the recent "Robin Hood" contest have been sent single tickets for the film, now running at the Capitol, instead of double ones. Double tickets will be < forwarded to them j immediately.
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    • 361 9 THIS is a story told to me 1 by a friend who was in the Royal Navy during the last war. He was co the Atlantic run at the time and the ship had just left Halifax. N.S. It was very cold, and the vessel he was
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    • 251 9 Dear Boys and Cirls. I had quite a job judging our contest in which you had to supply tKe last line of a poetry The poem was a« follows: Uncle Ollie, that wise old owl, Thought he'd go for a midnight prowl. He wanted to find his supper
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    • 534 9  - TOLD BY A PEN Maurice Goh MY name is Lucky and I was made in England I was caged inside a glass box with many other fountain pens bearing different names. Early every mcrning my owner gave us a good shake up and then "washed us with a piece cf
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    • 388 9 THERE are many stamps a ready bearing the portrait of our Queen Elizabeth II though of course they were issued when Elizabeth was still the Princesa and heir to the throne. It occurred to me that it would make quite a nice set if one made a
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 178 9 TREMENDOUS APPLAUSE WHEN KATHRYN GRAYSON SINGS THE EVER-POPULAR "SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES'* m^^^^ 4.15, 6.45 r^ tf«I^W\KATIIKyNGBAYSOf(M I*, mt* »**237«f i* REDSKELTON JJJ '"■"••cv.! l/J*?^^fr< HOWARD KEEL 4/ iiTir TiJMTI] mm EXTRA! EXTRA!! Litest Gaumont British News: OLYMPIC GAMES SUCCESSES Marjorie Jarkson strides to victory in the 200 metres
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    • 27 9 DLEASE enrol me as a member of the Children's I Corner Wise Owls Club, and send me a badge, j I NAME ADDRESS I DATS OF BIRTH
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    • 181 9 ffifflflt 5^9898 OPEHS TODAY JAAH OR MONSTER? I I "IHBUINI ifcf^fi 1 Wml4 •uiua.uwßti Hm\wt\ PLUS PATHE NEWS SPECIAL SINGAPORE'S NEO CHWEE KOK'S 3rd in 400 M. AT HELSINKI ALSO HOLLYWOOD AT PLAY with de*i MARTIN jerry LEWIS The hotiest and funniest Team of the Year! HpVfe'n^ TO-DAY at n.
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  • 203 10 ls/4 cts. drop at close By Our Market Correspondent rE resumption of business en the Singapore Rubber Market after the holidays brought ouc upcountry sell- 1 ers and depressed the price j oy l a 4 cents a lb. August first grade closed at 36
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  • 25 10 ~\O. 1 R.S.S. Sept. 1952 (in 111 U.S. cento):—. Friday's Mon '"ay't rlnsinr c'rsine 29.76 hH 29.65 bid 29.80 a.'ked. Tone: Dull.
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  • 35 10 NEW YORK. Tues. The In- ternational Srgar Council will meet In London next month to discuss ways of Increasing world sugar consumption. Surplus production of 2,500.000 tons is expected thl s year.— A.P.
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  • 33 10 HONG KONG, Tues. Free market currency exchange, or Hong Kong dollars was quotPd at the clc-p today as follows: US'.l HK*6.4l>^ (cash); HKs6.44'i (T.T.): f HK515.89. One tael of gold HKS3OIH.
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  • 224 10 rpHE Singapore Share Market opened easier after i the holidays. Tins and rubbers depreciated in sympathy with a fall of over $5 in the price of tin and If cents in the price of rubber. Industrials were barely 1 steady. Haub Gold A4
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  • 50 10 QUIET conditions prevailed on the Produce market after the holidays and no transactions were reported. Copra buyers were quoted $25 U a picul buyers f.0.b., with sellers $25 *i. Coconut oil was $39 ,4 se'lers f.0.b., with buyers »38V Pepper, sago flour and tapioca flour prices remained unchanged.
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  • 16 10 TIN. $477 1 A PICUL SINGAPORE, Tues.— Aug. 5.— 547;.87y 2 a picu! (down 55.12'/ 2
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  • 64 10 rpOTAL exports of tin .0 all countries from Singapore and Malaya last month were 1,256 tons higher than in Ji The. prel-ninary total released yeserday was 5,93" tons for July. The June total was 4,681 tons. Rubber shipments for July, however, declined by nearly 600
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  • 98 10 From Oar Own Correspondent MELBOURNE, Tues. SHARE prices had no defined trend on the Stock Exchange today. Most investors preferred to mark time pendine release of the Federal Budget details tomorrow. Market leaders tended to harden at the afternoon call, but falls slightly outnumbered rises at the
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  • 203 10 gHIPS alongside, the Slnganore Bar bour Board godowns. or expeclrc there at 7 a.m. today. are:— l/ 2 Cheshire: 4/5 President Jefferson: Coal Plant: Subador: 6/7 Aenaes: 8/9 Soudan: 11 Taizui Maru: 13/14 Rr ;>■•: 15 !6 Areidskerk: Id T)ipantjat: 19/20 Lombok: North Wall 3 Lasem: North
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  • 83 10 AN Interim dividend of 2' 2 per cent (equivalent to 6d p«r share) less Income Ux at 9 6d. in the has been declared by Tekka-Taiping Limited for the year ending Oct. 31. It will be paid on Aug. 22 to shareholders registered at July 30. Petallng
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  • 58 10 TOKYO Tues.— The Kyodo News Agency reports that the Japanese Government had decided to remove Its April restrictions on Iron and steel exports to the sterling area. A partial ban was slapped on last spring as part of the Government's drive to stop a mounting
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  • 76 10 Aust. Consol. {rights) 12/6 +/4 Bank of N.S.W. £37 Bradford Cotton 33/Broken Hill Prop. 42/» +/3 Burns Philp 62/6 I Colonial Sugar £47 Courtau'.ds 22/3 /J Dun ops 31/19 Drug. Houses 36/9 +/S Electro Zinc split) 29/Felt Textile, 26/3 +/3 Go'dsbrough Mort. 38/10 /5 1.0.1. (Aust.) (xrts)
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  • 85 10 NEW YORK. Tues. pONSOLIDATION forces took hold of the New York Stock Market yesterday and Influence some mild recession from 1952 htehs. While some quarters forecas* this would happen, there were others who were looking for con- tlnu"t!on of the advance on Inflationary pressure implicit In the Department
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    • 1292 10 «V. 223 MANSFIELD <c CO., LTD. J- tij Passage (incorpoioted in Singapore) AM othei D*pt BLUE FUNNEL LINE v Corners option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW. LONDON ft CONTININTAL PORTS Due Soil- P Shorn Penong Eurymedon toi Marseille* Hovre Liverpool Aug.
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    • 945 10 BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. EAST ASIATIC LINE F.r UK /CONTINENT SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIAN/U.K./CONTINENT S'por. P. Sham Ponong Spore P. S'hom Penong Jtßenrinnes for Liverpool, "Fionio" for Bongkok 22/24 Aug. 21/21 Aug. 19/20 Aug. Glasgow, Antwerp In Port B/ 9 Aug. "Patagonia" for Bangkok, Saigon Benavon for Hovre, London, H'kong Kobe,
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    • 1123 10 McALISTLR 6c CO., LTD. TEL: No. 5906 ELLERMAN tSc BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM ft LOS AN6ELES, SAN FRANCISCO* HAMBURG HULL. PORTLAND, SEATTLE t> VANCOUVER and for US.A., North Atlantic Ports Accepting cargo for Central South ond Canada via Colombo. Ar ri con Porf CITY OF BIRKENHEAD SUNNYVILLJ Spore
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  • 877 11 U.S. cushioning itself against a trade recession after Korea THE United States is geared to cushion itself— and the world— against the kind of recession which followed the changeover from war to peace economy after 1945, it has assured the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Part of the cushion
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  • 524 11 The Trades Fair is drawing big crowds to the Happy World. In the article below S. RAMACHANDRA look 3 back on an earlier exhibition. Fwas in March and April 1922 that Singapore staged the Malaya-Borneo Exhibition on Anson Road i Reclamation Grounds, I and it is doubtful whether
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  • 37 11 It was the first night oj 'Aloert, R.N." a new London play about escaped naval prisoners -of war, .and 21-year-old film and television actress Isabel George turned up wearing a barbed wire necklace, with earrings to match.
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  • 336 11 Rice 'marriage could end famine By a United Nati ons Correspondent rpHEJ j successful mar- riage" of two kinds of rice, one from Japan and the other from India, could, it is believed, conquer forever the spectre of famine which stalks nearly half the world's population. In a few unpretentious
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    • 517 11 MY DOCTOR SA Y5.... > BORNEO DO YOU REALISE THAT THE FAST AND COMFORTABLE VESSEL M.S. "TJILUWAH" Sailing on Aug. BH. AND HER SISTERSHIP M.S. "TJIWANGI" Mb* on Aug. 25th WOULD TAKE YOU ON A ROUNDTRIP CRUISE TO HONCKONC WITHIN 12 DAYS (INCLUSIVE OF 3 TO 4 DAY'S STAY ON
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    • 190 11 N\ofe Room to stretch your legs -*^J0& It's yours when ifi^^^^ yOU fly Aboard the "Strato" Clippers' you have roma to spare! The big Sleeperette* seals PaU American """e** 0 ap*** y° u recKnew«y back stretch your legs way out and still not mMm.~ touch the seat in front! TbcreV
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  • 618 12 SOUTH CHINA'S VICTORY BY A LATE PENALTY South China 3; Singapore 2, J^ PENALTY scored in the closing minutes of a tense and thrillinjr tussle enabled South China to win their final game in Singapore yesterday. The tojurists, with defeat threatening them at half time, came back in a wave
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  • 254 12 LONDON, Tues. CURREY, the County cricket championship leaders, won their 17th victory In the championship at the Oval today when they beat Nottinghamshire by an Innings and 80 runs. Alec Bedser played a great part in Surrey's victory, taking eight wickets for 18 runs
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  • 72 12 Rozells runs 100 in 10. 1 sec. BUKIT MERTAJAM. Tues. I Penang's G. Rozells today did a brilliant sprint, winning the BM Primary Sports" invitation 100 yards In lO.lsec. on a sloppy track. Across the finishing line. Inches I separated Rozells from runner-up 111 1 Yacob Yahaya and Tan Kah
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  • 44 12 SOCCER: Community Lge.. Malays v S pore Base Dist. J. Besar; Jnr. Cup, Star Soccerites v H.M. Dockyard Geylang. Div. 2, CJL. "A" v K. Sajarah 8.0.D.C.A. BUSINESS HOUSES: S.C.S. 'A* v Chartered Bank SRC. ATHLETICS: Comb. Schools-Achilles mcct SJt.C., 4.50 p.m.
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  • 155 12 j A FTER holding the goal-hungry Marine Dept. F.C. to a scoreless draw in the first half. R.N. Kranji cracked up and lost their Div. 2 SAFA League match 4-0 at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Kranji did more of the attacking in the first half and
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  • 476 12 A From EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Tuesday. POL. WHATNOT scored one of the easiest cup victories I have seen for a long time when he completely outstayed his opposition to win the richest ever Penang Gold Cup over Im. 3 f. by three clear
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  • 23 12 TODAY: MSI (8.9). 0513 10.1): 2301 (10.41 1707 14.6). TOMORROW: 1224 18 1) 0554 (0 4) 2348 (10 8) 1748 (3.1)
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  • 183 12 From EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Tues. JUST one more winner and Colin Tulloh will shatter Prank Flannery's splendid Malayan Turf riding record of 56 Iwinners In one season. Tulloh easily topped the Jockeys list at the four day Penang Turf Club August Bank holiday meeting with
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  • 282 12 AUSTIN Dunsford, won the bantamweight championships at St. Andrews School 15th annual boxing championships yesterday In a close fight against Charles Tan. Dunsford boxed brilliantly in the first two rounds. Tan came back In the third with a full-blooded rally but could not k catch up
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  • 901 12  - They keep going faster faster MILTON MARMOR By LONDON, Tuesday. rpHE UNITED STATES defeated the British Empire in the quadrennial track and field meet between the English-speaking worlds by a point total on 11 events to five on Monday. The result was expected as the American squad contained a host
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  • 99 12 LONDON. Tues. Jack Solomons, British fight promoter, is flying to America tonight In an effort to get the signature of Joey Maxim, world light heavyweight champion for the defence of his title against Randolph Turpin, the British champion, in London next month. Solomons will take
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  • 63 12 NEW YORK. Tues.— Al Well, leading promoter of the International Boxing Club, resigns on Sept. 1, to become full-time manager for Rocky Marclano, who challenges Jersey Joe Walcott for the world heavyweight title next month His stepson. Marty Well], who has managed Marclano since IMB.
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  • 42 12 SWANSEA. Tues. Rain caused the cancellation of today's play In the India vs. Glamorgan match which was therefore left draws. Scores: Glamorgan Ist. Isata**, 304 for 9 declared. Sad. loninf S for 0. India Ist. Innings 30J for declared Reut«r.
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  • 353 12 TWO Singapore tennis titles were won cheaply at x the V.M.C.A. courts, Bras Basah Road, yesterday Men's singles champion Ong Chew Bee won his second title in the tournament yesterday when he and Mrs. Gladys Loke Chua, runner up in the women's singles, made
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  • 110 12 Harry Hannin, advance publicity j manager of the Harlem Globe- trotters, the American Negro basketball team, arrived In Sin- j gapore yesterday to make arrange- < menu for the- Trotters' stay In 3 the Colony. The Trotters, scheduled to play three matches In Singapore and one in
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  • 206 12 Biggest ever entry for MAAA meet IPOH. Tues. A RECORD entry of 210—in- eluding five from British North Borneo— has been received for the 21st Malayan athletic championships to be held on August 15 and 16. The various organising subcommittees are right now having a tough job preparing for what
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  • 91 12 Singapore Combined Schools are expected to field a strong team against the Achilles Club in a friendly athletic sports meeting to be held on the Singapore Recreation Club at 4.50 p.m. today: The programme of 14 events are: Long jump, 880 yds., 100 yds.. Pole
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  • 77 12 Selangor Rugby Football Union officials (or the 1952-3 season are: President. O. H. R. Beadles, vicepresident. Ong Yoke Lin: nun. srcretarv J G Houston: lion, treasurer. J. N. McHiiKh. Committee: R P K. Waugli i Selangor (Xubi. J B. Dudjeon (Kiang Club) Selangor Service* nominee. Srlangor Asian
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